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Flag of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 25 July 2003
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The municipality of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (17,330 inhabitants in 2009; 3,342 ha) is located in the northern outskirts of Nantes,
In the middle of the 3rd century, a Gallo-Roman settlement was
established near the rivers Erdre, Gesvres, Hocmard and Rupt, which
water the current municipal territory of la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. In
1106, the village established around a chapel (Capella supra
Herdam) was granted the status of parish. The chapel was
dedicated to St. Catherine, allegedly martyrized on a chariot wheel in
Alexandria (Egypt) in 311. The parochial banners of La
Chapelle-sur-Erdre are decorated with traditional iconographical
elements of St. Catherine's life.
[Fabien Chébaut. 1998. Une proposition de
drapeau pour la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Ar Banniel
[arb] 7, 5-6]
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2003
The flag of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, rarely used, is white the municipal coat of arms, "Azure a St. Catherine's wheel argent a chief argent a cross moline gules surrounded by two ermine spots sable", in the center.
The coat of arms was officially registered on 3 October 1998.
The wheel recalls St. Catherine's martyrdom. The red cross recalls the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who founded the current town of la Chapelle-sur-Erdre around their early settlement in the castle of Plessis. After having left Jerusalem, the Knights settled in the St. Catherine monastery on Mount Sinai, which had been built on St. Catherine's tomb, and placed their order under the protection of the saint. The two ermine spots recall that la Chapelle-sur-Erdre was part of the Duchy of Brittany.
On the greater arms of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, the shield is surrounded dexter by a branch of laurel, recalling the Gallo-Roman settlement, and sinister by a branch of oak, recalling the former Gallic forest. The two branches are tied below the shield with a bright red ribbon, recalling the former Order of St. Louis. A scroll with the municipal motto "Progrès et fidélité" (Latin, Progress and Loyalty) is placed between the shield and the ribbon.
[Fabien Chébaut. 1998. Une proposition de
drapeau pour la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Ar Banniel
[arb] 7, 5-6]
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2003
Flag proposal
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Flagproposal - Image by Fabien Chébaut, 25 July 2003
Fabien Chébaut's proposal, inspired by the national flag of
Slovenia, is horizontally divided
white-light green-light blue, with the municipal coat of arms placed
in canton, overlapping the white and green stripes.
The white stripe symbolizes the urban part of the municipality and
harmony. The green stripe recalls the woods, the hedges, the valleys and the meadows of the municipality, which is nicknamed "the green lung of the town of Nantes". The blue stripe symbolizes river Erdre as well as the other rivers which water the municipality.
[Fabien Chébaut. 1998. Une proposition de
drapeau pour la Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Ar Banniel
[arb] 7, 5-6]
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2003